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• The fog seal of past neighborhood improvement project streets. Including these improvements with the neighborhood project reduces costs when compared to constructing these items as standalone projects. 1.2 Property History The referenced streets are referred to in this report as the Arkwright- Sunrise Area Streets. As shown on Exhibit 1, the neighborhood area is generally bounded by Highway 36 to the North, Edgerton Street to the East, County Road B to the South, and Interstate 35E to the West. The neighborhood is comprised of residential platted properties as shown on Exhibits 2 and 3. They are listed as follows: 1) Dawson's Suburban Acre Lots — Platted in 1885 2) Sunrise Heights — Platted in 1940 3) Schroeder's Suburban Lots— Platted in 1952 4) Londin Homesites — Platted in 1975 McMenemy Street lies along the west border of the City of Maplewood north of County Road B. The properties west of McMenemy Street lie within the City of Little Canada. In order to include McMenemy Street as part of the project, a joint - powers agreement will need to be signed by both City's. This agreement would acknowlede a 50- percent cost -share for the costs associated with improvements to McMenemy Street. Likewise, the City of Little Canada will have to follow a similar public improvement process as is proposed for the City of Maplewood in this report. 1,3 Resident Correspondence The feasibility report was ordered at the July 23, 2012 City Council meeting. Subsequently a letter was mailed to the residents on October 9, 2012 to provide information on the council's action and to notify them that preliminary engineering, such as soil borings and a topographic survey would begin within the neighborhood. This letter also included an informational packet containing a questionnaire, information about the questionnaire, information about the construction process, a driveway reconstruction program pamphlet with a copy of the driveway warranty, a rain garden pamphlet, a project location map, and a cover letter addressing the project. Staff has corresponded with the residents regarding this project in a number of ways. • An informational neighborhood meeting was held January 11, 2013, at the Maplewood Community Center. The meeting included a presentation, question and answer session, neighborhood brainstorming session, and one -on -one conversations with city staff. Items discussed at these meetings included the public improvement process, the construction process, existing conditions within the project area, proposed improvements, proposed assessments, alternative neighborhood improvements, and an estimated project timeline. Staff mailed out the invitation to 153 property owners. Approximately 40 residents attended the meeting. The majority of the conversation revolved around the sidewalks proposed for all neighborhood streets shown on the original feasibility layout depicted in Exhibit 4. Nearly all residents in attendance were opposed to the proposed sidewalks. Other items noted by residents at the neighborhood meeting included the need for 2 12